Prashant Rao

WORLD REVIEW LIVE — Gaza Peace; Venezuela in Crosshairs with Nahal Toosi and Prashant Rao A recording from Ivo Daalder's live video

WORLD REVIEW LIVE — Gaza Peace; Venezuela in Crosshairs with @nahaltoosi.bsky.social and @prashantrao.bsky.social
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Africa’s forgotten battleground in the US-China tech war A Kenyan data center stalls, raising questions about the ability of the US to compete with China in Africa.

www.semafor.com/article/09/2...

🟡 SCOOP

A data center project in Kenya that was meant to offer a blueprint for the US to leverage tech giants and allies to fend off China in a burgeoning tech race in Africa has stalled, a @semafor.com investigation showed.

Tremendous reporting by @alexisak.bsky.social and Kelsey Warner

Chief Africa Correspondent Remote - Africa

🚨 EXCITING NEW JOB ALERT 🚨

@semafor.com is expanding its coverage of Africa and is hiring for maybe the most exciting job on the continent: Chief Africa Correspondent.

Interested? Get in touch!

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Nitrous oxide drivers are causing chaos on London's roads Plus: Did Reform nominate a dead woman for mayor, which big TV series is pretending to be called "Dark Train", and will the Central Line ever get the upgrades it deserves?

Nitrous oxide driving, with drivers using balloons behind the wheel, feels like it’s on the rise in London - backed up by what medical experts told us about referrals. But the scale of the issue is obscured because of how crashes are recorded in police stats. www.londoncentric.media/p/nitrous-ox...

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Saudi considers NEOM job cuts, relocations amid cost pressures More than 1,000 people may be moved and a further 1,000 laid off as part of a sweeping audit of the $500 billion project.

🟡 SCOOP: Saudi Arabia’s NEOM is considering significantly cutting its workforce and relocating more than 1,000 employees to Riyadh as the kingdom tries to control costs and improve oversight.

Delighted to have @prashantrao.bsky.social @semafor.com as an expert judge of the #RoryPeckAwards 2025.

Just 9 days to enter your work or nominate a freelance journalist you have worked with or admire rorypecktrust.org/awards/

Fearing Trump action, US nonprofits seek shelter in the UK Several American nonprofits are exploring setting up legal entities in Britain, in part as a precautionary measure against feared executive orders.

#ICYMI UK law firms have reported a surge in US-based nonprofits inquiring about creating legal entities in Britain, either to begin shifting their operations and funds abroad or as a precautionary step. www.semafor.com/article/06/1... via @prashantrao.bsky.social‬

What Keir Starmer can’t say The Prime Minister believes he will heal Britain – but can he find the words?

www.newstatesman.com/politics/202... 💥 EXC: For my first edition of the New Statesman as editor, I went on the road with Keir Starmer, discovering a man far more emotional than I expected, struggling to articulate his deepest feelings — and those of the country he leads👇

Fearing Trump action, US nonprofits seek shelter in the UK Several American nonprofits are exploring setting up legal entities in Britain, in part as a precautionary measure against feared executive orders.

🟡 SCOOP: The Committee to Protect Journalists has directed a British law firm to set up a legal entity in the UK, in part as a precautionary measure against potential Trump administration targeting of American nonprofits.

Fearing Trump action, US nonprofits seek shelter in the UK Several American nonprofits are exploring setting up legal entities in Britain, in part as a precautionary measure against feared executive orders.

🟡 @semafor.com SCOOP by me

@pressfreedom.bsky.social has directed a British law firm to set up a legal entity in the UK, in part as a precautionary measure against potential Trump administration executive orders targeting American nonprofits.

www.semafor.com/article/06/1...

What Washington can learn from a legendary London meltdown Dominic Cummings’ ties to Johnson share plenty of parallels with Musk’s closeness to Trump.

Smart and fun piece by @jim.londoncentric.media of @londoncentric.media for @semafor.com looking at the parallels between Musk-Trump and Cummings-Johnson www.semafor.com/article/06/0...

What Washington can learn from a legendary London meltdown Dominic Cummings’ ties to Johnson share plenty of parallels with Musk’s closeness to Trump.

Smart and fun piece by @jim.londoncentric.media of @londoncentric.media for @semafor.com looking at the parallels between Musk-Trump and Cummings-Johnson www.semafor.com/article/06/0...

Trump bets on Gulf in unconventional Syria policy Easing sanctions on Syria may pull Damascus into a Gulf-led regional realignment.

What's Donald Trump's strategy in Syria? His former Middle East envoy explains in a new @semafor.com column www.semafor.com/article/05/3...

New: In an email to staff, Washington Post editor Matt Murray said the paper would be offering buyouts to any employee who has been at the Post for over ten years, as well as all members of the video department, copy desk, and sports copy desk.

US plans to cancel 7 conditional commitments for green projects The projects, which had been conditionally approved by the Department of Energy’s Loan Programs Office, are mostly battery factories.

🟡 SCOOP: The US Department of Energy plans to cancel seven major loans and loan guarantees that had been conditionally approved under the Biden administration, @timmcdonnell.bsky.social‬ reports.

US plans to cancel 7 conditional commitments for green projects The projects, which had been approved by the Department of Energy’s Loan Programs Office, are mostly battery factories.

Scoop, per a source close to the process: LPO will cancel 7 conditional loans/guarantees, the projects are listed here and include Monolith, Sunnova, and others www.semafor.com/article/05/1...

Can Wall Street’s subscription craze survive a recession? Everything from car washes to razor blades is now sold on monthly memberships that investors have gotten hooked on. With consumers cutting back, that model looks threatened.

Everything from car washes to razor blades is now sold on monthly memberships that investors have gotten hooked on. With consumers cutting back, that model looks threatened.

Vacancy: Three-week summer journalism internship at Carbon Brief - Carbon Brief Carbon Brief is offering an exciting opportunity for students, or recent graduates, to work with the team for three weeks this summer.

We've just advertised this year's Carbon Brief summer journalism internship, a fantastic 3-week opportunity to gain experience from some of the world's best climate journalists

Paid London Living Wage + travel bursary

Details on how to apply here:

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The Sachin Tendulkar of food consumption, a prolific poet with the fork/chopsticks/cricket bat

If it's good enough for @billdeblasionyc.bsky.social, it's good enough for you.

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If it's good enough for @billdeblasionyc.bsky.social, it's good enough for you.

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Grateful to @swedeninuk.bsky.social and the Nordic Embassies in London, for hosting tonight's #WPFD25 event and to @meeraselva.bsky.social, @lindseyhilsum.bsky.social & @prashantrao.bsky.social for sharing their thoughts on the global state of #pressfreedom.

Over the past 24 hours, I've had the privilege of running the London Marathon and speaking at a diplomatic event, both in aid of a cause I care deeply about: press freedom.

I'm still raising money for @rorypecktrust.bsky.social, so please do donate! 2025tcslondonmarathon.enthuse.com/pf/prashant-...

Newsroom Fellow (UK) London, England

🚨 JOB ALERT 🚨

We at @semafor.com are hiring an early-career journalist for our UK Newsroom Fellowship.

Details — including pay ranges — are here: job-boards.greenhouse.io/semafor/jobs...

Newsroom Fellow (UK) London, England

🚨 JOB ALERT 🚨

We at @semafor.com are hiring an early-career journalist for our UK Newsroom Fellowship.

Details — including pay ranges — are here: job-boards.greenhouse.io/semafor/jobs...

🇺🇸 On Monday, the FPC & @unileiden.bsky.social are hosting an Expert Q&A to analyse 100 days of Trump 2.0 - hearing from @andygawt.bsky.social, Courtney Radsch, and @prashantrao.bsky.social

This webinar is from 12:30 - 13:30 (UK) and you can register here ⬇️

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I managed a pretty decent time at the Richmond Park Half Marathon: next step, the London Marathon!

Please support my fundraising for @rorypecktrust.bsky.social, which helps freelance journalists — whom we need more than ever before!

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President Trump has upended the global world order, less than 100 days back in office. Join the FPC, @unileiden.bsky.social and experts for a Q&A analyse events so far:

📅 Mon 28 April
🕧 12:30 - 13:30 BST
📍 Online

Register: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...